Open Water Course
BAREFOOT COZUMEL
How to become a PADI Open Water Diver?
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular scuba diving certification, allowing qualified divers to dive anywhere in the world to 18 meters (60 feet). Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course. To enroll in the PADI Open Water Diver, the future diver must be at least 12 years old and have adequate swimming skills.
No prior experience with scuba diving is required.
To earn this certification, the student diver will learn the basic skills of scuba diving at our beach in Cozumel with one of our Instructors. It also has some theory to complete in our state of the art classroom.
Once the student masters these skills, the diver will put them into practice at the Open water dives from the beach or our boat at Cozumel’s nature reserve, next to the 2nd largest reef in the world.
When the students complete the course, they will receive the PADI Open Water Diver License and begin a new underwater adventure worldwide.
$390 USD
dive schedule
Day 1:
Morning Session:
- 8:00 – 8:30: Introduction
- Introduction (Yourself, Underwater World, Course, PADI, Cozumel, Barefoot)
- 8:30 – 9:30: Academic Sessions 1 & 2
- Emphasizes and Additional Points
- Practical Information
- Knowledge Reviews 1 & 2
- Quiz 1 & 2
- 9:30 – 10:00: Scuba Equipment Lesson and Assembly
Snorkeling Session:
- 10:00 – 10:30: Transport to Tiki
- 10:30 – 11:00: Snorkeling
Scuba Diving Session 1:
- 11:00 – 13:00: Confined Water (CW1) + Open Water 1 (OW1)
Lunch Break:
- 13:00 – 13:30: Lunch – Sandwiches
Scuba Diving Session 2:
- 13:30 – 15:30: Confined Water 2 (CW2)
Wrap-up Session:
- 15:30 – 16:30 (17:00): Back to Barefoot
- Equipment Handling
- Logbooks
- Summarizing the Day
- Questions and Answers
Day 2:
Morning Session:
- 8:00 – 9:00: Academic Session 3
- KNR3
- Quiz 3
- 9:00 – 10:00: Transport to Tiki
Scuba Diving Session 3:
- 10:00 – 12:00: Confined Water 3 (CW3) + Confined Water 4 (CW4) + Confined Water 5 (CW5)
Lunch Break:
- 12:00 – 13:00: Lunch – Sandwiches
Scuba Diving Session 4:
- 13:00 – 15:00: Open Water 2 (OW2)
Wrap-up Session:
- 15:00 – 16:00: Back to Barefoot
- Equipment Handling
- Logbooks
- Summarizing the Day
- Questions and Answers
- 16:00 – 17:00: NITROX Session
Day 3:
Morning Session:
- 8:00 – 9:00: Academic Sessions 4 & 5
- KNR 4 & 5
- Quiz 4 & 5
Scuba Diving Session 5:
- 9:00 – 15:00: Open Water 3 (OW3) and Open Water 4 (OW4) from the Boat
Final Session:
- 15:00 – 16:00: Final Exam
- Logbooks
- Summarizing the Course
- Final Questions and Answers
package includes
6 open water dives
Complete Scuba gear
Light lunch
Open Water Certificate
length of time 3 days
8:15am - 6:00pm
No certification required
Group size
Maximum of 5 people per instructor
